6 Quotes by Haruki Murakami about art
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Artists are those who can evade the verbose.
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People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you might strike out, but that tenth time, that peak experience, is what people want. That's what can move the world. That's art.
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That's how it is with art. Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning are incapable of such writing.
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Snow floated down every once in a while, but it was frail snow, like a memory fading into the distance.
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The darkness behind my closed eyelids was like the cloud-covered sky, but the gray was somewhat deeper. Every few minutes, someone would come and paint over the gray with a different-textured gray - one with a touch of gold or green or red. I was impressed with the variety of grays that existed. Human beings were so strange. All you had to do was sit still for ten minutes, and you could see this amazing variety of grays.
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If I can draw you the right way, maybe you'll be able to see yourself through my eyes," I said, "If all goes well, of course.""That's why we needs pictures.""You're right--that's why we need pictures. Or literature, or music, or anything of that sort.
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